Revisions to the program

VERSION 5 UPDATE HISTORY

Version 5.7.3

1. Original score now shown in Hindsight card-play display.

2. Action button enabled in second round of team match with "wait-after-play" switched on.

3. In Table Manager, text suit icons hidden if graphical cards used.

4. Fixed a bug when saving Five Card Major convention settings.

5. Fixed a bug when playing a team match in best play mode.

6. Revoking prevented in a team match with hidden hands.

7. Minor improvements to bidding and playing routines.

Version 5.7.2

1. Endplay problems : once displayed, the solution remains available if you replay the cards.

2. Additional Hindsight reports for over/undertricks in duplicate-scoring modes.

3. Fixed a display problem when viewing the last trick during match play.

4. Minor improvements to bidding and playing routines.

Version 5.7.1

1. Display adjusted for 120dpi (125%) screen fonts.

2. Hand specification now accepts pasting of all four suits.

3. Fixed bug when enabling OK button in Personal Identification form.

4. Reduced network traffic when playing over a local network with Table Manager.

5. Improved the Windows desktop shortcut icon and added a "Large Icon". To use these new icons, right-click on the shortcut and change its icon to the icon associated with this version of the program.

6. Minor improvements to bidding and playing routines.

Version 5.7.0

1. Windows 7 compatible.

2. Minor improvements to bidding and playing routines.

Version 5.6.2

1. When specifying the hands, all hidden hands are automatically made visible during editing.

2. The hand-editing buttons have been simplified to "Clear N/W" and "Clear E/W".

3. Minor improvements to bidding and playing routines.  Now 100,000+ bids in the bidding database !

Version 5.6.1.

1. Balanced scoring.

2. Automatic checking for updates.

3. Randomized majors/minors in weighted dealing.

4. Fixed an intermittent bug with harder opener's responses in Bidding Practice.

5. Minor improvements to bidding and playing routines.

Version 5.6.0

1. Improved the speed of Hindsight contract analysis.

2. Option to play dummy's touching cards automatically.

3. Added information about the highest-scoring contract to the print-out of the played hand.

4. Improved the display of an alertable pass.

5. Added mouse-panning to the bidding tree form.

6. N/S convention card now properly displayed from bidding-box Info button.

7. Fixed a bug when printing partner's cards for an auto-loaded set of deals.

8. Minor improvements to bidding and playing routines.

Version 5.5.7

1. If Hindsight reports that the contract could have been beaten by best defence, it will now also report the defence's correct opening lead card.

2. Minor improvements to bidding and playing routines.

Version 5.5.6

1. Fixed a bug in the display of previous tricks at the end of play of a no trump contract.

2. Changed the suit symbol font in the bidding box.

3. Minor improvements to bidding and playing routines.

Version 5.5.5

1. Fixed a bug where the explanation of a bid might be missing if the bidding is reviewed after the end of the play of the cards.

2. Fixed a bug where the bidding practice analysis might not be saved when changing between practice types.

3. Minor improvements to bidding and playing routines.

Version 5.5.4

1. Updated the latest EBU Beginning Bridge deals.

2. Fixed a bug where Program Options could be overwritten when exiting the program with a maximized display.

3. Fixed a display bug in the registration form.

4. Minor improvements to bidding and playing routines.

Version 5.5.3

1. The default setting for waiting between tricks is now "off".

2. Removed confirmation after saving options.

3. Fixed bug in the display of the Bidding Analysis graph.

4. Improved the network connection routine in Table Manager.

5. Minor improvements to bidding and playing routines.

Version 5.5.2

1. Added Info button to bidding box for easier access to convention cards and explanation of prior bids.

2. Disabled right-clicking to adjust display colours (duplication of Menu | Options | Colours).

3. Added reminder on exit if you have changed options but not saved them.

4. Minor improvements to bidding and playing routines.

Version 5.5.1

1. Fixed Hindsight display error when running maximized.

2. Fixed Hindsight error when calculating penalty points for opponents' best contract.

3. Added option to save deals in different files.

4. Disabled display of previous tricks in Endplay problems.

4. Minor improvements to bidding and playing routines.

Version 5.5.0

1. The colours of the club and diamond suits are now orange and purple to make them easier to differentiate from the black and red of spades and hearts. There is an option in Program Options to revert to black and red.

2. New option to play the cards after a claim without pausing.

3. The program now uses the Unicode versions of the Arial and Courier New fonts for suit symbols, so dispensing with the need for the Symbol font to be present on the computer.

4. Improved the reconstruction of hidden hands before the opening lead.

5. Faster connection to Table Manager on a local network.

6. Minor improvements to bidding and playing routines.

Version 5.4.4

1. Added option to review the previous trick during the first round of a team match

2. Improved playout after a claim conceding one or two tricks

3. Minor improvements to bidding and playing routines.

Version 5.4.3

1. Corrected the list of conventions available in Bidding Practice.

2. Adjusted hand-points in Bidding Practice are now displayed in colour.

3. Fixed drag-and-drop problem after double-clicking to edit a deal.

4. Minor improvements to bidding and playing routines.

Version 5.4.2

1. Mode menu disabled whilst a weighted deal is in progress.

2. Minor improvements to bidding and playing routines.

Version 5.4.1

1. Minor improvements to bidding and playing routines.

Version 5.4.0

1. Roman Key-card Blackwood

2. Added the points table to the Compensated score-sheet print-out

3. Fixed bug in voice recognition in Bidding Practice

4. Minor improvements to playing routines.

Version 5.3.4

1. Improved one Hindsight playing error report.

2. Added a "Go to bid" box to the bid editing selector.

3. Minor improvements to bidding and playing routines.

Version 5.3.3

1. Option to switch off the hand-to-bid/play frame.

2. The running IMP score is displayed during the second round of a team match.

3. Sandwich NT convention added. You will need to reset the conventional bidding analysis.

4. Fixed an error message when an unknown bid is made during a team match.

5. Fixed a bug when a hand is about to be played after the previous deal was cancelled from the Bidding menu.

6. Fixed incorrect Hindsight bidding message when opponents interfere against an unmakeable contract.

7. Minor improvements to bidding and playing routines.

Version 5.3.2

1. Fixed bug when using digital voice and added voice rate adjustment.

2. Moved registration and serial number to new Tools menu

3. Minor improvements to bidding and playing routines.

Version 5.3.1

1. Compensated scoring suspended during a team match.

2. Bug log report.

3. Fixed bug in display of cards during manual dealing at high display resolutions.

4. Fixed occasional "thread error" message in MiniBridge mode.

5. Minor improvements to bidding and playing routines.

Version 5.3.0

1. Compensated scoring and score-sheet print-out.

2. Option to log on different users when starting the program.

3. Minor improvements to bidding and playing routines.

Version 5.2.3

1. Computer opponents will now ask for an explanation of any bids not fully understood in normal play (previously only in match play)

2. Minor improvements to bidding and playing routines.

Version 5.2.2

1. Fixed incorrect Help button label in Bidding Practice.

2. Progress indication during Forecast searching.

3. Corrected two recommended bids in Bidding Practice.

4. Fixed midnight rollover bug in Table Manager play timers.

5. Minor improvements to bidding and playing routines.

Version 5.2.1

1. Corrected one recommended bid in Bidding Practice.

2. Signal discrepancy messages suppressed for a computer opponent when playing a network match.

3. Minor improvements to bidding and playing routines.

Version 5.2.0

1. New Andrew Robson Bidding Practice

2. New option to change the dealer and score with duplicate scoring switched on.

3. Double-clicking on a deal selected for editing will open the Edit display

4. Fixed bug when "Wait between tricks" switched on, program would occasionally not wait after trick 12

5. Minor improvements to bidding and playing routines.

Version 5.1.2

1. In a team match, declarer may review the bidding after dummy's hand is disclosed.

2. The option to play declarer's cards when you are dummy has been moved to the Playing Options form.

3. Improvement to some Hindsight messages when opponents interfere in the bidding.

4. Minor improvements to bidding and playing routines.

Version 5.1.1

1. Updated the Endplay Problems timer display.

2. Updated the Bidding Practice setup display.

3. Altered the wording of some Hindsight reports where opponents compete in the bidding.

4. Minor improvements to bidding and playing routines.

Version 5.1.0

1. Windows Vista compatible.  We are continuing to develop Blue Chip Bridge in order to take advantage of the extra features in Windows Vista, whilst maintaining compatibility with Windows XP.  In particular, we will be improving the integration of the program's voice recognition system with Vista's own system.

2. The Help system has been converted to HTML format. The new chm file replaces the existing hlp and cnt files, which can be deleted.

3. Minor improvements to bidding and playing routines.

Version 5.0.4

1. Adjusted the width of the playing area when maximizing on non-standard 4:3 displays.

2. Slightly altered wording of some Hindsight reports.

3. Minor adjustments to a few Bidding Practice deals.

4. Fixed occasional corrupted suit symbols in print-outs.

5. Minor improvements to bidding and playing routines.

Version 5.0.3

1. Removed Start button between end of bidding and start of play.

2. Removed Lay-down and Play-out buttons and extended claiming to concede one or two tricks.

3. Slightly altered wording of some Hindsight reports.

4. Fixed bug when switching on Speaking to Computer

5. Fixed faulty link from Bidding Tutor to Help file when displaying Alert information.

6. Fixed errors when adding new bids to an empty database.

7. Minor improvements to bidding and playing routines.

Version 5.0.2

1. PBN files can be loaded from different folders.

2. Simplified network set-up for standard configurations

3. Fixed bug when changing the score of a saved deal

4. Fixed Hindsight display after retry with hidden cards and human player as dummy.

Version 5.0.1

1. Improved frequency of Hindsight contract reports.

2. Fixed occasional bug when changing the score.

3. Fixed occasional corruption of "ace" when speaking card values.

4. Search progress line displayed even when playing statistics are switched on.

5. If you reject the program's claim, it will not claim again on that hand.

6. Search depth calculation changed (Options | Playing). You should re-adjust the Search Depth as required. Please see the Help topic "Search Depth".

7. Minor improvements to bidding and playing routines.

Version 5.0.0

1. Hindsight.  Blue Chip Bridge will suggest a possible better contract and will try to point out mistakes in declarer play and defence which affected the success or failure of the contract.

2. Default display area is now 800 x 600 pixels.

3. Major improvements to the card-playing routines. The program will now spend longer in the early tricks planning its play and speed up as the play progresses.

4. Improvements to bidding database.

5. Numerous minor improvements.

6. The minimum recommended computer memory is now 256MB.

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